Grounded Theorising Applied to IS Research — Developing a Coding Strategy

Grounded Theorising Applied to IS Research — Developing a Coding Strategy

Author

Rowlands, Bruce Hamilton

Journal Name

Australasian Journal of Information Systems

Year Published

2005

Place of publication

Australia

Publisher

University of Canberra

Abstract

This paper provides an example of developing a coding strategy to build theory of the roles of methods in IS development. The research seeks to identify and understand how system development methods are used in an IS department within a large Australian bank. The paper details a theoretical framework, particulars of data collection, and documents an early phase of analysis – data reduction and the generation of an initial coding scheme. Guided by a framework to study the use of methods, the analysis demonstrates the framework's plausibility in order to develop theoretical relationships with which to develop a grounded theory.

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